TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Foreword iii 



North Carolina Forestry Facts v 



Summary vi 



Physical Features of the State 1 



Explanation of Appraisal Methods 1 



Land Use in North Carolina 3 



County Statistics: Total Land, Forest, and Non-forest Area. Will Forest Land Increase or Decrease? 4 



County Statistics : Utilization of Non-forest Land 8 



County Statistics : Ownership of Forest Land 8 



The Supply of Sawtimber 12 



Sawtimber Suitable for Poles and Piling 14 



The Supply of Timber Below Sawtimber-Size 15 



Piedmont Temporarily Gains in Under-sawlog-size Pine 16 



Wake County — An Abandoned Cotton Field 16 



Other Material Suitable for Cordwood Use 17 



The Supply of Pulpwood 19 



The Cull Problem 19 



Where Are the Culls? 19 



Timber Harvesting in North Carolina 19 



Minimum Size of Trees Cut 21 



Availability of Stumpage 21 



Lumber Production 21 



Pulpwood Production 24 



Fuelwood Cutting 24 



Degree of Satisfactory Stocking 24 



Non-Stocking 26 



Reproduction 28 



Causes of Fire 29 



Extent of Burning 29 



Overwhelming Fire Problem in Eastern North Carolina 30 



State-wide Fire Control 31 



Can Forest Management Maintain Pine? 32 



Natural Succession 32 



Solution to the Problem 32 



Regulation of Commercial Timber Cutting 34 



Considerable Interest in Regulation 35 



Regulation Will Not Be Simple 35 



Recommendations 36 



Tax Situation on Forest Land 36 



The Timber Volume Balance Sheet 37 



State Forests 38 



Education of Forest Landowners 38 



Status of Forest Management 38 



Educational Efforts to Date 39 



Allowable Cut for Next 10-Year Period 41 



Conclusion 42 



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